Fouts a human like the rest of us

I just read in your newspaper that Mayor Jim Fouts apologized for his inappropriate language over the telephone.

The Mayor’s language was indeed inappropriate, but his apology was sincere and heartfelt.

The question is: Isn’t a private telephone conversation supposed to be private? Can you imagine talking to someone over the phone and then hearing that private conversation on TV?

To make matters worse, the person taping the private phone conversation was appointed to his full-time city job by Mayor Fouts. Shouldn’t there be some sense of loyalty to the person who gives you a job? It is to the Mayor’s credit that the appointee still has his job.

I have known Mayor Fouts for a long time, and I know he is honest, hard-working and dedicated to our city’s best interests. This incident alone proves he is human like all of us, and he can get angry like when our city’s image is tarnished for political reasons.